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JFK conspiracy theories won’t die

Douglas Murray Douglas Murray
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EXPLORE THE ISSUE 29 March 2025
issue 29 March 2025

One of the most controversial things that can happen at any American table is to start talking about the JFK assassination and then say: ‘I think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.’

Thanks to decades of theories, counter-theories and Hollywood movies, a majority of the American public have for many years believed that there was a conspiracy to kill the 35th president.

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